#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $key = 'JUMP'; if ( ($key eq 'ID') or ('TITLE') or ('GENE') or ('CYTOBAND') or ('LOCUSLINK') or ('CHROMOSOME') or ('SCOUNT') ) { print "I don't know why this is printing.\n"; } #### if (grep {$key eq $_} qw(ID TITLE GENE CYTOBAND LOCUSLINK CHROMOSOME SCOUNT)) { print "This didn't print, did it?\n"; } #### if (exists $is_valid{$key}) { print "Key '$key' is a valid key\n"; }